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The Now York Tribune, in reply to
scores of lotters from the South West,
declares that while the list of employ
moits seems large enough to afford
every woman who desires it abundant
onployment, It is not so. Every
place is filled, and a Ioeody candidate
for it stands hungrily waiting at the
side of the occu ant. The onl,y doors
wide open in thle seaboard cities are
thoso of "ruin or starvation."
It therefore tenders the following
advico, wl~eh is stern and chilling
indeed, but is sound, wiSo and very
suggestivo :
"Our final . advice to all past or
future applicants is : Stay at horse,
where you aro known, atd iwhere you
will at least bo secure of that human
sympathy-that rsp-t duI 0oi-ps which
formsin part of the atmosphera of a
-country villagT. Vro will flond none
of it waiting for you in the streets of
a grout city, however laudable your
endeavor ; and a woman, erll heisclf
by what unwomanly mime ,Ahe will,
dies without it, as siurely as a bird in
nn exhausted rceeiver. Being at
home, take up any work, man's or
woman's, for which you are fittod, and
which pass living prices. Do it as
thoroughly as a man, aud you need
not fear his competition. The very
novolty of the attempt will insure
suocess.
"The cuploynent of the weaker
sex, even as saleswomen inl shops, is
unknown in miost Southern or Western
towns. They are confined there, by
Custom, to the dleliG or the teacher's
dok. The wumuan who opens any
-other avnue for them by the exaim
ple of hor own courago and integrity
in labor, not only -Frves herstif but
establishes a city of refuge for count
less other needy and feebler victims
to whomn the soci:llbarriors aro now
inpregutable, Let her renmeinbor, be
fore hoginmning, that1 in the world of
trodo her pitiable condition will avail
htor nothing. Its laws are hard but
inflexible ; it is the contract honestly
fulfilled, the undertaking most thor
Ounghly linished, the artist's touch in
the picture, the sound, hard logic in
the specobt, that in the dud connands
the reward ; not beauty in ditress,
or starving children. Wages follow
the worker, not the pauper ; charity
belongs to another question. If
the necceisities of mind and body to
day force women to take up the work
of mcu, few men would be so churlish.
for the s iko of their own shattered
ideal, as to refuse to bid them God
speed. But coining into our world
of labor, they must submit to our
laws, and be subjected to our defeats;
and the first and most inexorable of
its maxims is that which demands
hard drudgery from every aspirant in
every path, and assures us, with
keen worldly wiadom, that it is only
o(cess which insures success."
Tm- Gor.) Pr.o-r INvEsTIGATIoN.
Gat field's Gold Panio Investigating
Committee did not meet to-day. I
will examnine one witness to-morrow,
the telegraph operator who received
Boutwoll's dispatch In New York
ordering Butterfield to sell gold, and
then close the testimony. General
Garfield has already' commenced to
prepare his report, which he says,
wvill be comparatively brief. The tes
timony, however, is volunmiuno, and
Avill cover several thousand printed
pages.- After all that has been. said
and done, It is unuderstood that the
result of the oommnittee's labor will
showv aboute what Seofiold, in his tilt
with Garfield in the House the other
day, said it would, namely, that cr
tain gold operators-in WVall street
:undortook to put up the premium on
gold; and that they succeeded until
the Secretary of the Treasury sold
geld and broke the ring.-Newu YorA
Jierad.
A SAD CASE ov SUICaDE.-The wife
of Cagamin Jiarney C. Martin, (who
was killed by an oxplosiou of a steam
er on the Missiesippi rcently,). comn
mitted suicido, on theO 17th. . Mtr.
Limebaugh, the father, has been
very unfortunate .of late. The hus
hand of his eldest daughter was no-*
oidenily shot and killed at Spring
field, Ohio, about six weeks ago. A
fe w day~ ago, another son-in -law was
killed, and as.if to urown his~ brrows,
his d ughterhlotself hais now commit
t..d suicide. ~
The 1Richmotid Enguirer and Exami
nler says :
"We at'o afraid there are sowic who
will make the~ edtetonce of the Demo
oraticoparty Ieo apoloky for joinlpg
the Republians. We toll them it
will be a'ggreat political blnde; Ire
are going to carry tihe State'like at
tornado-lhiko Kentucky, whore tie
1e46u1ajority 'ls about 100)O00 ;lk.
Maryland ;like Gaegia ; like Tennen
eoAnd wre advise those who arc
'going'to aot with us to put themselves
int motion, and avoid the fate of all
DAwvp.s Seil., on Till WA Ten.--The
A ppropriation Bill is yet before the
liouse, anid Mr. Dawes Is applying
the -pruning knife wherever he can
find an- opportunity. Those who hoped
to get-fa t things from the public Tres
yusbecause tliero was no longer a
- . ashburnue to look after them, find
Abemselves stopped -at the very doors
bay the watchful Chairman of th'e 0o0m.
mittee of Appropriation,, who cute
down-right and left, without regard
toi.hQ, may be hit, friends or foes~
MA recent occurrence in Virginia
Pfeo4r4ts another strong arguinent in
fuvor of the Ififteenth Amendurt.,...
4alsnily of negroes having iperpe
tratadshvery conceivable outragq upon
a white boy, ended , .by outt ing his
throat,. The incitement to the sava
gory .yes the purpose of the, boy to
a~elk l9g~ redress for' wrongs previous
17'eO ia.
Vic 'ria is the richost
wid -I the rld.. 'bthdan q..
co14tl is e e,4 h to'rder
aunydm at'happy at h" dmest i re
sidO. Iter ull0vuno ffro :the Btish
,Govurnmnent in X8 5 to whieh
must be added ?25,00 from the
Duchy of Lanohester, making a total
of ?410,000 por annum, besidos at
least a dozen rent-frec oastlos, places
and mansions. As she aciepted a
legacy of ?250,000 from Mr. Neeld
(who passed over his own relations to
enrich her,) as she inherited ?1,000,
000 from Prinoo Albert in 1861, and
as she has not spent a third of her
allowance sinoo his death, it is ostima
ed thatther Majoty's cash capitil, well
invested, is at least ?2,000,000.
"We believe," the Louisville Cou.
r.'er-.ournal well says, "that 'inventi
gation,' and not 'discussion,' is the
right road to the development of
'truth.' Debates breed confusion.
They arouse the vain-glorious spirit
of controversy. They beget inteupo.
rate language. They seduce the
nMind from its chastity and its candor
into the narrow paths of ipecial plead
ing.
& Prinooss do Ia Tour d'Auvergne,
who has obtained a grant from the
Sultan of the p'eoe of ground whereon
Christ taught the Lord's prayer, is
personally superintending the erection
of a temple on the spot, which will
ootaiin the prayer in every language.
She is an onthusiast, and works among
the stones with hur own hando, and
has already ipont over $50,000 in
carrying out ber project.
FAIRFIELD HERALD.
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Wednesday Morning, March 2, 1870.
Desportes, WilliamIs & Co., Prop
Tie Puiropose or Religion.
Philosophy so-called ever babbles,
when attempting to pronounce what
religion consists in, and the purpose
for which it exiat. Evoen profe'sort
of religion, whether Pagan, Maboni
inedan, Jewish or Christian, will, in
the majority of osses, answer erro
neously the seoarohing question, "What
is the purpose of religion I" Let
each reader pause, and put that ques
tion, and seriously answer it, if lie can.
If he cannot, ho may well be con
oerned that be lis examined so su.
perfioiolly the most striking and the
nost important of human phoneme.
1. is cort.ainly a most incomplete
ouneoptionk of the purpose of religior
to confine it, as does the great Ger.
man philosopher, Kant, and thou
sands of others, and perhaps yourself,
too, reader, though unconslously, "im
ply to furnishing additional sanotione
and persuasives to the practice of a
pure morality in solety; to a new en
forcomont, and that alone, of humar
duty. This is to make the eternal
minister to the temporal; the infinite
servant of the fiuite ;and is a conc~ep
tion of religion altogether inadequate
to the grandeur and glory of Its na.
ture. Yet this is the popular idea,
and also the philosophical expositlon
widel, 'revalont. An ignorant mar
would vaguely express it, that "Reli,
gion is intended to make us better;'
but Kant, the founder German phi
losophy, expresses i6 thus, "Religior
is the acknowledgement of duties or
divine commands."
Starting, either consciously or un
consciously, from so Inadequate a con.
ception of religion as the above, w
have not been surprised to have had~
intelligent mnen confess to us, in theil
more candid or ahgry momenta, "thai
they believed much more In good gov
ernent; that is, in human law, than
ia divine law." Here, in South Ca.
rolina, in particular, they will say,
"we saw very clearly what religior
and morality are worth *eiot late,
in 1864 and l865." Thatrerark has
been made to us, and -as, i6 wege, in
triumph. All we can say, in reply,
is, that we exactly and altogether
conour in this so-called objection to
the value of religion. We believe
human law is ordained by God, and
we believe (alas!t to confess It) that
human law is ten times wore promo.
tive of social virtue and moralitj in
this present life, men being as weak
as they are, than divine law. We
keep very calm and cool under the
fire of this supposed fearful battery.
Indeed, we rather like it. We like
to so. men's opposition to Gotl's
goodpese taking the form of earnest
vindication of~ "God's minister of
wrath against these that do evil," the
civil magistrate~.
Why, a belief in oitIl goternment
as an ordinance ,of Oect Is simply a
part, and of the very essence of roll.
gion.
But toligion is nuch teore than a
codeof oofal intality: It supplies
an object of worship for man's vene
ration, :a body .sofstruth for man's
belief,: *Ild a prospect ofs inor.
tality 3for manL's hope that that6 Ia
fall of glor,. To theo poot saitl mis.
r oothe riches of GoM%
n . t 4perplexed, a Hta.
y viath vidence; to ho
si6ul, brityk the suffering, dm
pasioi6 ttfi bocaved, comfort;it
the sorring joy ; to the weary, rest';
and to tbe' dying, life. Its entire
purpose, however, man cannot at pres
ent comprehend, for religion is a
schomne but partially revealed.
Break from Ily central-founialn, Light.
Beam kindly on the human raca,
And man will see how puro and bright
The treasures of r'oe n ng grace.
Credit Misapplied.
From the day of Ora-it's election,
we have been ewneat advocatos of
maintainitig anid inipro. ing the credit
of the State, on tha prin.-ijilo, that
the better our 0oedit, the lighter
would be our taxation. Isteoad,
however, of lost-canng still furthor the
taxes to lie paid this pring, by bor
rowing money up.-n buind (for the
tax, coming out of the same failure of
a crop as the tax lasit fall, is peculiar
ly burdensome) our Oeneral Aisnm
bly prefer to i6suo it hitlf million dol
lars of bonds fur the benefit of the
land commission ;-an enterprie that
is a mere experiment ; and since so
many planters who owned their land
and good mules, and had fair credit,
have yet failed, it is not very certain
that it will not also, under the pres
eut method of culture, prove a disus
trous failure. It is very certain that,
so far as the method of culture that it
encourages is concerned, the Land
Commission is a jot rograde movement.
How much better to have saved the
$150,000 squandered on mere joba
last year, and to have lessened the
taxes still more this spring I Three
millions going into the State Treasu
ry out of a single half-orop of about
$30,000,000, in no trifle.
A Shaallow Position.
Some 'would-be philosophers pro
fess to believe in natural religion, and
to entertain, at the rame time, a con
tempt for Judaism and Christianity,
Now since they rejeot the notion of a
supernatural revelation, it is incum
bent on them to admit that Judaism,
and its development, Christianity, are
at least a pat t, If not tlO most impor
tant part of natural religion. For,
in that case, they are facts, feats ol
naturo,the &eal products of man's re
ligious nature, and as such, cannot be
despised. So that whether they be
supernatural revelations, they deserve
consideration , or whether they be
but peculiar phases of man's religouE
nature, they are at least natural, na
mere matters of faet, and must com.
mand consideration. No sober man
can deny so.plain a proposition ; and
yet many &.thoughtless; but would'be
profound philosopher acts, as if it
were nonsene. Christianity is some.
thing that cannot bte ignored, even at
a mere fact. It is either a aupernatn.
ral religion revealed by God, or it is n
wonderfully important part of any
system of natural religion. To mook
it, is to tocok oneeelf.
Model t'asn.
The objections to the bill now be.
fore the Legislature to establish "s
model farm in each county, under the
aupervision of the County Conmmis:
sloners,'" are two, either of which
should be fatal. First, the entire
population of Germany are content
with about thirty mnodel farms, cadl
under an educated Agricultural Obemi.
iet; but this bill proposes to establisi
thirty-two for ,Lhe litle State of
South Carolina. Very poor model.
will they prove, if the means that
could be well applied to from one tc
five,'bo wasted 'by dlstrtbution te
thirty-two. Secondly, Voupty Vom
missioners, being officers temporarly
olected, would prove veo y linefi~ott
supervIsors, even If good farmders. A
modol fagw ahguld, be put riher u$
dier th~e supervision of the Professor
of Agricultural Chemistry in the
University, and should be immediately
conducted'by ad educated ogtomgliar
lst,:capablobf sdnjetlg hypotbeaig
to the~test 95 aetpI emperiment.1 Be
fore long, we are ertain to have in this
State a model form, at the expense of
the State, land another, perhaps, ur~
der charge of thme South CJ.rolina
Mtechanical and Agrioultural Assocla.
tion ; but we trust that polities and
political canvassing, -whetbor for
Couty CommissIoners or othere, will
have no connection wjth them whiat..
ever. ysO !ny
The spots on the sun at ptesent ap.
pear unusually large. On looking
through an opera glasetwith thb eye
carefully protecede by a pide of
deeply stai ned glass a mark like a
peneil line will-at firs be seen o the
riget of the aini's centre, at - bout
noonday : then on eloser examnination,
two black spots will be 'sden i then
perhaps, the spot can be seen tliffdugh
the stained glass without the idpesa
glass. These spots. are thousande of
mnile. In diameter., They arianving
off firom the face of the san bu6 wtil
appear apin-abont the l-th *f nes
A F'INANCIAL OrN. .Ten
13ie 0. ~clapione h e pro. y feilaa
fiancieresses, 'latoly opened' busine':
n Broad street New York, e out in'.
etter 3o the Herald in Which siO
says:3"
For myself I have at least one do
'ided financial opinion, and that is
that gold is cash, and, as a conse
qqoee, that to have plenty of it is to
be pretty nearly independent of every.
thing nd everybody, even tbot inoht
terrible personage, Public Opinion,
and that very iteresting and exceed.
inigl wf11 infornwed iudividual,' Mrs.'
(irttndy, who ininuautes herself i6t
your cotiftd'ueo so unwittingly with
her "Indpods" and her "You don't
n.)'" Besides oadi forms a very
large umbreln, covers a multitude
of-, siis I was about to say, but will
qualify that most unpopular, not to
say unlphilosophicoal wor , by soaying a
multitudo of- "harvests" coming from
the sowing of "wild oats."
Tim. Dpxoi"pfiwre CoinTRs-SAvE
Us FROM ot:> FiniENds.-The proposi.
tion to aini the Democracy in a port
of hybrid organization, which shall
be neither &h, flesh nor fowl, aend
which, is seeking to pleate every body
will satitfy no one, imight -el lend
many of us to exclaim : "Save us
from our friends." Let ui briefly
anggest bow the p-brattuie would
work. -
I. It would take the soil out of the
anti;radical moveinent in the Siate.
2. It would di'gmnit the very bone
and sinew of the anti-radicalisto, who
are earnos, working Domnocrati.
13. It would leave the radical Coun
ties in the hands of radicalism, and
place the Demoemtatie Couties in the
hands of middle men,'with little force
and no intihenes, bocause ien who
have no decided views are men who
have neither force nor influence.
P'A'vnix.
The East lioindon Undergrouind
Railwav is now rumnning its trains reg.
ularly minder the Thaies river throtigh
the celebrated Thames tunnel. This
gigaiek work was construeted at an
expense of $4,000,000, greenbavks :
anid although originally designed for an)
ordinary carringe way, such is its mas
sive character that it was (ound strong
enough to support the heavist lo
comotives. The lenigth of this tunnel is
1,200 feet.; the height of exterior walls,
38 fr-et; withh, 221 feet. Two tracks
nre Inid and the runming of the trains
gi ves great pubbe satisfaction.
Judge Hugh Breckenridge, of the
Supreme Court of 'ennsylvania, the
witty author of "Modern Chivalry,"
whilst riding through Westmoreland
County, Pa., saw a young girl who
was going out to milk the cows, place
her hand on the top rail of a fence
and spri ing over. "If you can do
that agai 'my girl, I will marry
you." The girl did so. The Judge
dismounted, saw the parents of the
girl, and told them that he would
undertake the education of their
daughter and afterwards marry her,
which was done.
FIReCE.-We are informed that
Lucius Winbush, Senator from Ches
ter, during the discussion on the -ivil
rights bill onl Tuesday night, gave
expression to some violent sentiments,
and threatened that his race wvould,
if' any longer debarred-of their rights,
take matters into their own hands, and
v'indicate their rights in a way that
would not be very agreeable to those
who denied them- their enjoyment.
Stand from under.-Guard aan.
Michigan has abolished tenantoy by
courtesy, leaving 'intact the widow's
right of dower ; and under the Intes
tate law of that 80'ate a husband has
- no share In hlis wife's estate. AUl his
right to any property of his wife must
accrue by will.. 'The.Western States
are gradually'wal'eeling into line, and
will yet compel their slower-moving
E~astern neigbbors to concede the jgst
-demands of te women.
A Freneb engne has* made an
able report en theenoyof using
limo ground to a 'flne powder, Instead
of slaking it int lunips. Hie estimates
the loss in uite'g lumnps at twenty -five
per cent. B3esides this saving of ma
terial, it is feuid that'lime in powder
Ic spread with, greater facility, and
the morta~ hus made sets'- quicker,
and Is more solid.
A newly-iarried lady in Chioago
compaind 'o ler a that on- her re
ception day -her card'baskot'was 6ve't.
<Vun with ciredilated rom' la#$6ee
nounoing termite 'for di'tore. "So
absurd, you 'know, ma, before out
honey~tmoon is dyer;" "Truae, deat',"
replied ma, (who h ad- been twice
dired,) "but I'd put them in a safe
placee;you may find thted i'ery useful
to ayea or tw."
It Is said that a new description of
lava is being throwh. from the orator
of V'esuvius since the last eruption,
cobaiesting of orystalised ~salt. Thia
besetifulI pheulosanon has hithette
boen upknown in volcanio natetel
history.
The Legislature of lientuoky, b~
a large tmajority, his refdsd even t
ioquiro into'the expediency of repeal
ing the law prehlbiting negro~e from
testifying a4 lsat whiles,
A Peupsylwania firin has rolled onet
aJ~elyoiead shet of.iron throo
Weightn btatlitNe ah~d *Mi h en ud.
Is Is tbxna.e than ordinarf iting
paper.
'li'os Gordon 34tisett tien t madeI
a aliseeb, newer',t4, neper was nat.
grld, a & SUI a uabjda ot
Job Priun . .
We are now Prepared to execute
all kinds of pain and fancy Job
Printing. from the smallest visiting
card to a large show poster.
New Advertiseizents.
R. J. McCarley advertises to-day f
that he has a lot of good Clear Ribbed
Sides ; also a lot of Prize Boxes.
Buy some of his bacon or try your i
luck at the "Surprise Box--s"; you may I
obtain a watch.
Administrutor's Notice-R. S. Des
portes, Administrator.
New Goods at Ketchin, MoMaster I
& Brice.
Fresh Garden Seed at E. W. Olle.
ver's Confectiencry.
Younger's best Imported Ale, S
gars, &%., at H1. W. Desporteos, corner
No. 1.
F. Elder advertises "aomething
new," in unother column.
McIntyre & Co., offer a lot of new
goods in to-day's issue. t
Executo:' Bale--'amuel N. True,
Executor.
ExpRAlsion of Witteinore.
it will be seen by our telegraphic
column thi morning, that Honorable
Benjamin Franklin Carpet-bag Whit
temore, Rrepresentativo from South a
Carolina, has been expelled from
Congress by a unanimous vote for sell
ing cadetabips. Bully for Congress.
Wonder if they can't oust Hog too.
Bricks.
We under. tand that, so soon as the
cold weather clears off, one of our
citizens will eommense the manufac
ture of bricks on an extensive scale. I
Two stores and a new building for
Mt. Zion Institute will follow as a
consequence, before the. end of the
year. From the crowded congrega- j
tions that now frequent Rev. G. R.
Brackett's Church, we should think
that an enlargement of that building,
if practicable, is also to be desired.
New Taisaery.
We understand that the parties who
have started the new. tan-yard, have
bought about fifteen hundred dollars I
worth of raw hides within the county
already. And so, we grow apace.
The Little Corporal
For March is a rich number. We
do not see how it can possibly be im
.proved, but the publishors promise
gret. improvements during the year. a
It is a most beautiful juvenile maga.
ziue. One dollar a year. Issued at
Chicago, Ill., by Alfred L. Sewell &
Co.
At the regular quarte'ly meeting
of the Boaid of Managers of the
Soth Cardlina Monumental Associa- I
tion, held in Columbia, the Treasurer
d
reported contributions as follows:
F~rom iRichland, $34V7.60 ; from Ker- C
phaw, 5.00'; from Uniot', 50.50 ; from
Lezingtoni, 20,00 ; fron; Orangeburg,
0.00 ; from'o Fairfield, 71100 ; from
Ba~rnwell, 20.00 ; from Abbeville,
9.0,0; beyond the State, 12.50. Total,
$541S60..
Oranbs. c
During jhe debate on the Columbia
extension bi,.Senator Arnim, himself
a Rlepublican, to show up its object,
ofared an additional amendment to
read as follows:
Provided,,that the, municipal offi
ers of the said city be elected from
the Republican party.'
The Barnwell Journql says that
Governor Scott bas issued a proclama
tion, Qfering a reward of $500 for the
delivery in any jail in the State, with
pieof to convict, of ,Chester Graham,
'fretdmahb, who,'some Veekh' singe,
nutdcrede tthe Bclling .Sprigg, "an
other freedman by the. napne of Rich
ard Havener. .Well done I this time.
a Professor Rivers, who some tnonths
since rei6cfd his allaigrin 'the'Sotith
Carplina University, was nijanimous
ly. re-elected on Wednesday lapt,' and,
at .the urgent-. request of his col
leagites and ftiends, has -donsented to
servu.
A citizen di Columabia ls planting
eightgacresof land in cotton within
the present limits of that 6ity, but the
elty does not contain Radicals enough
to give' it a Ra~dical Mayor and Coun
cii, and the limite are to be extended
yorthwith. This is a fine specimen of
what is called the "Ge rrymnandering"
pro.es..
Atnian 'wa.tthed his wife, .in New
Orleans, not to light the fire wih
kerosenie. She didn't heed the warn
ing. Her clothes St his second' wife
rentekkbly well.
A elrons rider Ia Texa tried to
turn three somersaults on horseb~aoh,
the ether day. The manager sent I
back to New IOaleans the following
day, for ainother somersanit man.
Few men wouild attempt. to dry
damnpened gunpowder ijs the kitohen
stover A man in Oanada did It.s HI. 6
ditdfam~ily otif Ie g1gd of poj
Iittd ato fi ainaabe
The ierger fapizly were In O091ium.
Si ls .eek, a'd rang thielr silver
ells to l'tge'audences.
Hon. O. P. Leslie has tendered his
esignation as Land Commissioner.
Anthony and Friday Nixon, both
olored men, were to be hung on the
allows, In Charleston, on Friday last,
or the murder of another colored
Ilan.
A fashion paper has the following
to : "A smiling, white-browed,
illy-figered, golden haired woman,
Ill sila and laces and jewels, is an
xquisite picture to contemplate."
The New Orleans '/mes, of. Friday
nat, mentiotjs the presence of Gen.
Vade Hampton in that city.
Mzaney of our oitizens will regret to
earn of the death of Mr. Henry Boll
Ian of the firm of Bollman Bruthers,
highly respectable merchant of
'harleston. He died in that city on
Vednesday.
The bill for the admission of Mis
issipppi to the Union was passed by
be Senate on the 17th instant, by a
triot party vote.
The weather for the past week
as been very boisterous, we are hav.
og March winds in February. The
un shone cut brilliantly, yesterday,
nd the air was exceeding mild for the
enson.
he Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Mutilated
equal if not superior to any fertili
zer used in the neighborhood.
nAWFORDsVILLE, GA., Oct. 27, 1869.
Iessrs. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.:
I have not replied earlier to your
nquiry as to relative merits of the
ertilizers used in this vicinity, from
he fact that the crops of cotton were
tot sufficiently matured to enable me
o form an accurate opinion. We
Pere then in the midst of a drouth
rithout parallel for durution and se
erity in the memory of the oldest
nhabitant. Not a rain from first ot
"lay till last of August, and the re
ult of my observation is, I know of
lone which excelled your Manipulat.
d in capacity to endure long and
evore drouths. I used the Manipu
ated on very thin gray soil, with stiff
lay substratum, at the rate of 250
bs. por acre, and shall make about
00 lbs. seed cotton to the acre. I
oft a small space uninanured, which
rill not make more than 150 lbs. per
ore. I have not no rust, even no
;round predisposed to it. I, there
ore, conclude, in view of these facts,
hat your Manipulated is at least
qual, if not superior, to any fertili
er used in this region-and there
rere a number of varieties used, too,
t that. Respectfully,
JAMES F. REID.
feb 22-1 w
EXECUTOIRS SALE.
[N pursuance of an Order by the Judge
of Probate for Fairfield County,I will
ll to the highest bidder, at the late reai
enco of Ihomas Yarborough, deceased, on
to 19th 'day of March, A. D. 1870, fhie
>llowing artilee be enging to the Estate of
sid deceased,' namely:
84~ Bushels Wheat ; 6 Head Cattle; 1
Id Mtulo 150 feet lumbei'; 1 sot, Carpen
ir's .Tools ; 2 set Turner's Tools ; Corn;
'odder; ;iacon ; Household and Kitchen
ait'nitre ; and niisoellaneous articles.
Tertus Cash. SAMUEl, N. 'tRUE,
- mar 2-xlaw8w ' Exedutor.
ljDtZ. Youhger's Beet Imported Ale,
.en25dos. Philadelphia Ate, low for
ash.
Segars! Segarst!
8,000 fine~egara, for sale by
H1. W. DESPORTES,
mar 1 . Corner No. 1.
GARDEN SEED.
TUST redeived. Fresh and 6enuIne.' All
1' #ho have not ilureliased, will find it to
heir advantage to buy a lot- of seed. -Not
avng kept, them heretofore, they will run
ic risk of getting old seed. Call at
~. W. OL LIVER'S
mar 1 Pruit and Confectiendry' Store.
A DMINISTRATOR/)S -NOTICE.
TOT ICE 'is' h'ereby given thast I will
make application to Itie Judgeof
!jobatenfore Fairfiald LOountye mn the 80th
ay' of.Mtlaroh next,.fgr Letters Diatmissory
f the Estate of Augustus. Desportes, de
oegd. . t B. D810R T 8,
ALOT of fine Clear Ribbed Baoqu, -just.
. reoeived. Also, a lot, -of the "Delle
fiDallimore" Surprise Iloxse at
mar 1 R. J. McCAUiLEY,
A small lot, of
EASONABILE GOODS, SPRING CALICOES,
&c., &c,
t Stock of North Carolina Shoes.
A large lot of Bolool Books, Blank Bioku,
aper, Penn, ko. Just reelved.
KETORiiN, MeoA B rER & b810E.
mar 1
VWUII' 0 us relsd sa
5 "^"D'L *'8''-'e
. bor ylah
I. N. WITHERS.
MY remaining Winter Goods, consisting of
Blankets. Cloaks and Shawls, Flannels,
Cassimeres, Tweeds ar.d Jeans, Merinoes,
Poplins, DoLanes and Skirts, will be sold
at cost for cash. 1. N. WITHERS.
Bleached and Brown Domestics, Bed
Tickings, Calicoes, Plaid Domestics, Tow,
els, Linen Damasks, Gloves HosIery and
Hlandkeroblefe, very cheap at the cheap
storo of I. N. WITHERS.
It you want a good pair of Shoes call on
WITHERS.
Gentlemen's black silk dress Hats, Men's
Boys' and Childrens' Fur and Wool [lits,
Ladins, flats of all descriptions for sale
cheap by W ITiElRi.
Withers has on hand a few sets of Buggy
Harness, Mens' Saddles, Riding and Blind
Bridles. which will be sold cheap for the
"spondulios."
A good assortment of Hardware, Fasm
ing Utensils, Crockery Ware. Tin Ware and
Wood Ware, always on hand and for sale
cheap by WITHERS.
Great Bargains in Ready Made Clothing
are now being offered by WITilERS.
If you want Onion Setts and reliable
Garden Seed, untl on I. N. Withers, and pro
cure some of "Landreth's fresh and genu.
ine." feb 12
SOMETHING NEW.
T HE subscriber has purchased the Patent
iight for making eight pounds of but
ter out of one galkln of mnilk. No hum
bug. Call at his ato'o ad examine the
butter. Family Rights for sale.
feb 26 F. ELDER.
ADMINISTRAT JRS NOTICE.
A LL persons. having claims against
William Shedd, deceased, are request
ed to present the same, properly attested to
If. L. ELLIOTT,
feb 24 Adm'r.
STOXE WALL.
TiIE celebrated Jack,
"8 TONEW ALL," will
stand the present season
at Joe Kennedy's planta
tion, five miles west of
Winnsboro, on the Ash..
ford Ferry Road.
D. R GLADNEY.
feb 17-Im
DAVIDSON &CO.
Are selling their
TREMENDOUS STOOK
OF
DRY GOODSy &o.,
AT
Okoset :forx? Onask..
CA LL AND EXAINE.
feb 12
BARGAINS I BARGAINS I
IN order to change investment we will sell
at reduced and popular prices, from this
date Dry Goode, Shoes, Hardware and Gro
cores, and we not only invite inspection of
our goods, but a comparison weith the Cheap
Goqds offered for sale.
Just RecIeved.
Flour, Lard and Bacon, and on consign
tuent a ohoice lot of Corn, Buista- Fresh
Garden Seeds, just to hand.
Tertms Oash.
TIHO)1P9ON & WOODWARD~.
Fer~tilizers Fertilzers I
IAVf NG beoutpd the Ayn for~ Faie
H field Count for the folong lertiif
Soluble Paolino Guano,
Baugh's Itaw Bone Snper.Phosphat.e
The OarollhaFettlisget,.
. .hodes' 8pper-Phos~phate,.
Orchilla Guano,
Cotton Food,
Maryland Amimoniated
Componnd Acid Phosphate of Lime, for
composting with-cotton seed;
And Zell's Ammnoniated Bone Super.
Phosphate.
I am now prepared tc supply ny flriends
with any oft tho above as low a. he suinae
can be purchased in any other mar,.
ket with Freight and Drayage added.- Call
at my store and get otreui are descriptive of
(heir respective m rjs.
feb 1, 18'70CAICIr
Just Received,
ALOT of fine Flour in saqlus of all si.-.
,
Rice, Lard laeon Coftes and Sugars of
all grades.
Lequors, Wines,. Porter Ale, Desindy
Peaches, Durha Tobwee and Oiglu of
the finst quality, which I will sell low for
Cas.. 3. MoALy
Jan 18
~BULB. of alu fo a~ ob